Privacy Statement
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
CAREFULLY. Privacy
is very important to us. We also understand that privacy is very important to
you. This Privacy Statement tells you how we protect and use information that
we gather through this web site. This Privacy Statement was last revised on
October 09 2007. We may change this Privacy Statement at any time and for any
reason.
By using this web site, you agree to the terms of the
Privacy Statement. You may be subject to additional terms that may apply when
you access other web sites by following a link from this web site.
INTRODUCTION
The information we receive, and how we use it, depends
on what you do when visiting our web site. We collect and use your non-personal
information (information that is not identifiable to you personally)
differently than your personal information.
WHAT IS NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Non-personal information is information we collect
through this web site that does not identify you as an individual person. It
may include information such as the following:
· the type of web browser software you use (for example, Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer)
· the name of the domain from which you access the Internet
· the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our web site
· the date and time you access our web site
· which pages you have visited on our web site
· personal information that has been de-identified
If you visit our web site to read or download
information, we may collect certain non-personal information about you from
your computer. This information is collected from your computer's web browser:
If you only read or download information on our web site, we do not collect or
learn your name, e-mail address, home address, or other personal information
about you. We may place a text file called a cookie in the browser files of
your computer when you visit. The cookie may be stored on your computer's hard
drive. The information that we collect using cookies is non-personal
information.
WHAT DOES IMPERIAL DO WITH
NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Because non-personal information cannot identify you
or be tied to you in any way, there are no restrictions on the ways that we can
use or share non-personal information. We are always looking for ways to better
serve you and improve this web site. We will use non-personal information from
you to help us make this web site more useful to visitors. We also will use
non-personal information for other business purposes. For example, we may use
non-personal information or aggregate de-identified personal information to:
· create reports for internal use to develop programs, products, services or content
· customize the information or services that are of interest to you
· share it with third parties
· provide aggregated "traffic statistics" and "response rates" to third parties.
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WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Personal information is information we collect through
this web site that we can use to specifically identify you, such as your:
· name
· telephone number
· e-mail address
· date of birth
In some places on this web site you have the
opportunity to send us personal information about yourself. For example, you
may fill out a registration form, or an e-mail form.
You also may choose to allow us to personalize your
visits to the web site, in which case we will ask you for certain personal
information to make your visits to our web site more helpful to you. When this
information is combined with the non-personal information that we collect through
cookies (described above), we will be able to tell that you have visited our
web site before and can personalize your access to our web site, for example,
by telling you about new features that may be of interest to you.
HOW DOES IMPERIAL KEEP AND USE
PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We may keep and use personal information we collect
from you through this web site to provide you with access to this web site. In
addition, we may keep and use your personal information:
· to respond to your requests
· to personalize your access to our web site, for example, by telling you about new features that may be of interest to you
· to develop records, including records of your personal information
· to contact you with information that might be of interest to you, including information about products and services of ours.
· for analytical purposes and to research, develop and improve programs, products, services and content
· to remove your personal identifiers (your name, e-mail address, etc). In this case, you would no longer be identified as a single unique individual. Once we have de-identified information, it is non-personal information and we may treat it like other non-personal information.
· to enforce this Privacy Statement and other rules about your use of this web site
· to protect our rights or property
· to protect someone's health, safety or welfare
· to comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process
DOES IMPERIAL EVER SHARE PERSONAL
INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES?
Imperial will not share your personal information
collected from this web site with an unrelated third party without your
permission, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Statement.
In the ordinary course of business, we will share some
personal information with companies that we hire to perform services or
functions on our behalf. In these cases, we provide the vendor with information
to process your order such as your name and mailing address. In all cases in
which we share your personal information with a third party, we will not
authorize them to keep, disclose or use your information with others except for
the purpose of providing the services we asked them to provide.
We will not sell exchange or publish your personal
information, except in conjunction with a corporate sale, merger, dissolution,
or acquisition.
We may be legally compelled to release your personal
information in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant, law or
regulation. We may cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating
and prosecuting web site visitors who violate our rules or engage in behaviour
which is harmful to other visitors (or illegal).
We may disclose your personal information to third
parties if we feel that the disclosure is necessary to:
· enforce this Privacy Statement and the other rules about your use of this web site
· protect our rights or property
· protect someone's health, safety or welfare
· comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE PRIVACY STATEMENT
CHANGES?
If we decide to make a significant change to our
Privacy Statement, we will post a notice on the homepage of our web site for a
period of time after the change is made.
WHAT ABOUT PRIVACY ON OTHER WEB
SITES?
This web site may contain links to other web sites.
Some of those web sites, may be operated by third
parties. We provide the links for your convenience, but we do not review,
control, or monitor the privacy practices of web sites operated by others. This
Privacy Statement does not apply to any other web site; we are not responsible
for the performance of web sites operated by third parties or for your business
dealings with them. Therefore, whenever you leave this web site we recommend
that you review each web site's privacy practices and make your own conclusions
regarding the adequacy of these practices.
DOES IMPERIAL EVER COMMUNICATE
DIRECTLY WITH VISITORS TO THIS WEB SITE?
We may contact you periodically by e-mail, mail or
telephone to provide information regarding programs, products, services and
content that may be of interest to you. In addition, some of the features on
this web site allow you to communicate with us using an online form. If your
communication requests a response from us, we will send you a response via
e-mail. The e-mail response or confirmation may include your personal information;
we cannot guarantee that our e-mails to you will be secure from unauthorized
interception.
ARE THERE SPECIAL RULES ABOUT
CHILDREN'S PRIVACY?
We care about protecting the online privacy of
children. We will not intentionally collect any personal information (such as a
child's name or e-mail address) from children under the age of 13. If you think
that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13,
please contact us.
WHAT ABOUT WEB SITE SECURITY?
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal
information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration,
or destruction. You should keep in mind that no Internet transmission is ever
100% secure or error-free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this site may
not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what
information you send to us via e-mail
HOW TO CONTACT IMPERIAL
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy
Statement, please use the Contact feature or contact us at:
Imperial,
Immingham. DN40 1PS
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